Love Bites is a supernatural romance webtoon with angst, wit, and forbidden love. It follows Kieran, a moody vampire who struggles with his past and instincts as he finds himself in an uneasy truce with werewolves, and an attraction to Mason, the heir to the Kane Pack. Here, love and loyalty are tested to the extreme between old agreements, family wounds, and deadly secrets. In Love Bites Chapter 19, we learn more about Kieran’s mother, Laura Callisto.
Love Bites Chapter 19: Shadows of the Past
With Kieran sitting alone in front of his mother, Laura Callisto’s tombstone, Love Bites Chapter 19 starts. A ritual he has continued to do since the death of his mother. The air is still as he draws her face in his notebook, and reflects how she would call him “My sweet Bee”. He recalls his childhood days with Cedric when they both used to run in the sun and laugh. They were so carefree. Cedric adored the sun and, more to the point, had inherited the gift of their father to transform into a black, foreboding bird that young Kieran found the coolest thing in the whole wide world.
Kieran, naturally, did not receive anything so externally great. At least that was his thinking until that day his mother sat him down and told him that he, in fact, got something from her. She explained that he had her gift of charmspeak —“We can tell people to do things and they do them whether they want to or not.” Yet she had told him. To never use it without thinking it over, and not to apply it to their family. Only when there’s no other choice. There’s always a cost.
The memory darkens as Kieran recalls the worst night of his life. Little Kieran had lost his way in the woods. And had been crying, when a huge, great wolf came out of the bushes, growling. Kieran could only shiver in fear. But his mother came suddenly between him and the beast. She yelled at the wolf with a power and authority that shook him: “Get away from him!”
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The wolf turned towards her instead. She looked back at Kieran with a sad, brave smile and whispered, “I love you–” before jumping in front of the wolf herself.
Kieran also had attempted to order the wolf, just like she had done. But his voice was not strong enough, his gift too weak. He can still hear Aunt Carmen telling him that he killed her, but he does realize inside. That his mother never would have. She would not have even blamed the wolf.
Back to the present, Kieran sketches her face in the gentle light, bitterly thinking that she would have found something good in Mason as well. This is when Cedric comes in, as usual, in a dramatic manner. They discuss the increased conflict between werewolves and vampires. Kieran carefully says that he heard that wolves occasionally form friendships with ravens. Cedric scoffs, saying, “Wolves use ravens”. They are not part of the pack after all. He tells him not to forget this.
Cedric’s Anger
And then Cedric delivers a chilling piece of news. He knows that Mason is dating Cella. Cedric’s tone drips with suspicion as he asks why Kieran is hanging around them so much.
Kieran is nervous that Cedric might have guessed the truth about his attraction towards Mason, but he hides it hastily by saying that he is just doing so to ensure that Mason does not harm Cella. And did not Cedric want to run this time?
Cedric, to his surprise, softens, even smirks, and mumbles, “Maybe I was wrong about you.” And then his eyes grow dark, and he gets nearer, his voice close to a growl. If Mason ever wrongs him, then Kieran can break the pact. “Remember, Kieran, you have the power to put that wolf in his place.”
Kieran swallows hard, feeling his brother’s words settle like a weight in his chest, reminding him of that power that he has always wielded but never dared to touch. Love Bites Chapter 19 ends with Kieran standing there and seeing Cedric walk away. His thoughts filled with grief and fear, and something more. …The quiet pull of destiny whispers his name.
Love Bites Chapter 19: What Happened So Far?
Love Bites begins with Kieran, a broody vampire who is merely trying to stay below the radar at school. Until Mason, a cute, enigmatic werewolf, transfers to school and drags him into the world of the Love Bites webtoon. Kieran hates Mason initially, but he is unable to describe why he feels attracted to him as a moth to the flame. What makes their feelings even more dangerous is that he discovers that Mason is a werewolf. The same kind that killed his mother, and the tension only increases from here.
With their push-and-pull game getting stronger, Kieran can hardly protect his best friend Cella against the supernatural mess surrounding them. Cella starts going out with Mason, yet Kieran cannot forget about him. The two kiss furiously, only to be confused further. Kieran represses his emotions and acts like the kiss was nothing, whereas Mason continues to urge him to tell the truth.
During the negotiation between vampires and werewolves, the pressure of family, and centuries of hatred, Kieran discovers the secret of Mason. The so-called Alpha Complex, a mean, domineering curse that Mason fights day to day. This discovery leaves Kieran aware that behind the vicious surface of Mason, there is a lot of loneliness and pain.
Now Kieran is in the awkward position of being torn between his loyalty to Cella and his family and the pact, and his newfound urge to protect and nurture Mason. His perceived enemy. Will he continue to struggle with these prohibited emotions, or will he yield?
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